Broadwater, John D.

John is Program Manager for the Maritime Heritage Program at the National Marine Sanctuary Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). From 1992-2005 he was Sanctuary Manager of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, where he directed expeditions to the USS Monitor, which lies in 235 feet of water, 16 miles off Cape Hatteras, NC. During 1978-90, as Virginia’s first State Underwater Archaeologist, he directed a study of shipwrecks from the 1781 Battle of Yorktown (Virginia) and also developed a statewide underwater archaeology program. He has participated in numerous national and international underwater archaeological expeditions, served on numerous advisory boards, and published a variety of technical and popular articles on maritime history and archaeology. He has a Ph.D. in Maritime Studies from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

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